Top Texans tweets and even better fake tweets

I know hype and misinformation about Twitter is huge, especially for people who don’t use it. I resisted signing up but I’ve found it more handy than not. Even if you have nothing you want to say about anything, it is handy to sign up to keep up with news about things you are interested in, such as the Texans and the NFL.

Basically, Twitter can act like a mini-blog post, no longer than 140 words called a “tweet.” Some people communicate about stupid stuff like what they ate for breakfast, but a lot of people use it to communicate something immediately, without having to take the time to write something like an article or blog post. “RT” stands for re-tweet which is used to pass along someone else’s tweet.

I tend to use it similar to how I use the blog–pointing people to things that are helpful, funny or interesting to me for whatever reasons or breaking news. I now consider it my blog annex.

“Looking at the league stats page on nfl.com and seeing the Texans sitting dead last in run defense – by a large margin, giving up 204.7 rushing yards per game. They are tied for worst in the league, again by a large margin, in rushing TDs allowed, and are the only team to have given up three runs for 40 yards or more. Twenty five teams haven’t given up one run for 40 yards.”

@houstondiehards Next Sunday an age-old question will be answered. Who wins when a horrible offense and a horrible defense face each other? (Diehard Chris, HoustonDiehards.com. A link to every Texans player who has a web presence can be found at his website here.)

@harrijo6 to: @SeanCablinasian I think R. Smith’s loafers have “Cover someone, rich boy” on his today. (John Harris & Sean Pendergast from 1560 the Game – in game tweets in particular can be informative, entertaining).

And after the last loss, this guy is on a self-imposed, week long Twitter hiatus, but did this one post-Titans win:

@lancezierlein Do they realize you lost? RT@ ChrisJohnson28 Shout out to the hall of fame they requested my game shoes to put in the hall of fame (Lance Zierlein, Chron.com, 1560 the Game)

The tweet right after the Titan win is funnier if you appreciate precision profanity.

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The NFL writers over at FanHouse have wondered about the crazy stuff we see in athlete tweets. Even so, we have a new feature we are doing post game each week called NFL Fake Tweets. These are 100% fake, but sometimes real and fake on the internet is difficult to distinguish.

Gary Kubiak made this week’s fake tweets. If you don’t know what FML means, I suggest googling it unless profanity bothers you.